2017 Poison Ivy Citizen Scientist Project

Jelesko Laboratory at Virginia Tech

Purpose: The Jelesko laboratory is interested in recruiting the collection of text and image data about poison ivy: growth, leaf shape, herbivory, microbial disease symptoms, and geospatial data. We solicit your poison ivy observations, so that together we can make new discoveries about poison ivy that are beyond the scope of the personnel in the Jelesko lab. These findings will hopefully lead to new insights into poison ivy ecology, biogeography, and future novel poison ivy management methods.

None of the requested data requires touching a poison ivy plant. In fact, you are strongly discouraged from touching any poison ivy plant as part of this project.